Figure 5.
Immunolocalization of the Na,K-ATPase β1 and β2 isoforms in normal liver tissue and liver metastasis. (A) β1 isoform is mainly located at the cytoplasmic membrane of hepatocytes (arrows) from normal liver. (B) Bile duct epithelial cells (B) express β1, V, venule. (C) Nuclei of metastatic tumor cells (arrows). (D) β1 IHC-positive staining at necrotic tissue is signaled with arrows; S, septum. (E) β2 is differentially expressed at the cytoplasm of neighboring hepatocytes (arrows) of normal liver. (F) Hepatocytes with different degrees of β2 immunostaining at a peri-nuclear position in neighboring hepatocytes (arrows) of normal liver. (G) In normal liver, a bile duct (B) and cells from the lining connective tissue (arrow) express β2. (H) Metastatic tumor cells (T) do not express β2.